MINUTES OF MEETING HELD IN DIRECTORS CONFERENCE ROOM, ADMINISTRATION BUILDING CIA, ON 20 APR. 1954

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP85S00362R000200050035-6
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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 25, 2002
• Sequence Number: 35
• Publication Date: April 20, 1954
• Content Type: MIN

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20 April 1954
INTELLIGENCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Minutes of Meeting Held in Director's
Conference Room, Administration Building
Central Intelligence Agency, on 20 April 1954
Director of Central Intelligence
Allen W. Dulles
Presiding
MEMBERS PRESENT
Mr. Fisher Howe, acting for Special Assistant for Intelligence,
Department of State
Brigadier General John M. Willems, acting for Assistant Chief of Staff,
G-2, Department of the Army
Rear Admiral Carl F.- Espe, Director of Naval Intelligence,
Department of the Navy
Brigadier General Millard Lewis, acting for Director of Intelligence,
Headquarters, United States Air Force
Rear Admiral Edward T. Layton, acting for Deputy Director for
Intelligence, the Joint Staff
Dr. Charles H. Reichardt, Atomic Energy Commission
Representative to the IAC
Mr. Victor P. Keay, acting for Assistant to the Director,
Federal Bureau of Investigation
ALSO PRESENT
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Robert Amory, Jr., Central Intelligence Agency
Central Intelligence Agency
Dr. H. Marshall Chadwell, Central Intelligence Agency
Central Intelligence Agency
Central Intelligence Agency
Central Intelligence Agency
Central Intelligence Agency
Central Intelligence Agency
*Mr. Henry D. Owen, Department of State
Mr. R. M. Scammon, Department of State
Lt. Colonel Vasco J. Fenili, Department of the Army
Lt. Colonel H. N. Maples, Department of the Army
* Part of Meeting
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Captain Allan L. Reed, USN, Department of the Navy
Mr. Lawrence Healey, Department of the Navy
Colonel Donald H. Ainsworth, United States Air Force
Colonel Charles F. Gillis, United States Air Force
Mr. Donald F. Benjamin, United States Air Force
Mr. John A. Power, United States Air Force
Captain Ray E. Malpas s, USN, The Joint Staff
Colonel F. R. Moore, The Joint Staff
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Secretary
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Approval of Minutes of 30 March
(IAC-M-146)
1. Action: Approved.
Approval of Minutes of 5 April
(IAC-M- 147)
2. Action: Approved, subject to substitution of Admiral
Layton for Colonel Lansing as acting for the Deputy Director for
Intelligence, The Joint Staff.
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Probable Outlook in Western Europe
Over the Next Decade
(NIE 20-54)
4. Action: Approved as amended.
Adjustment in NIE Program
(Memo to IAC from Board of
National Estimates, 13 April)
5. Action: Agreed (a) to defer the production of NIE 43-54,
"Probable Developments in Taiwan, " from the second quarter of
25X1 1954 to the third quarter; (b) to advance the production of
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second quarter or early third quarter, making the deadline for
departmental 'contributions 1 June unless before then State feels
developments require reexamination of the usefulness of
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Matters for NSC Briefing
7. The Director pointed out that the Council is not scheduled
to meet this week but will next week, whereas the IAC is not
scheduled to meet next week. Various members commented on
the situation in Indochina.
Secretary`s Note:
1. All agencies having concurred in the proposed release
of certain NIS elements to OGB (IAC-D-45/54), these NIS elements
were released on 12 April 1954.
2. The Board of National Estimates has recommended the
25X1 non-release to any foreign government of I (Memo to
IAC dated 8 April 1954), and NIE 20-54 (Memo to IAC dated
19 April 1954). These proposals will not be reconsidered except
upon request by a member agency.
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